Machine for cutting and folding wadding and paper



UNITE STATES TENT OFFICE.

JOHN WOOD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FOLDING WADDING- AND PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 23,802, dated April 26, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN "Woon, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cuttingand Folding Wadding, Paper, &c.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical section of myinvention, taken in the line o1, zr, Fig. 3. Fig. 2, a vertical sectionof ditto, taken in the line 1/, y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3, a plan or top view ofditto. Fig. Ll, a detached view of a portion of the device whichactuates the ily boards of the receiving boxes. Fig. 5, a detached viewof another portion of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in theseveral figures.

This invention is designed for cutting and folding wadding, paper, orany textile or pliant substance which is manufactured in continuoussheets or rolls and which require to be cut into pieces and folded forafter use.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a rectangular frame in the upper part of which endlessaprons B, are placed, said aprons passing around the same rollers a, b,which are placed at the ends of the frame A. The aprons B, B, are placedside by side, as shown clearly in Figs. and 3. At the front end of theframe A, there are two feed rollers O, C, which are placed one over theother in the same plane and have a transverse position with the apronsB, B. At the front end of the frame A, there is fitted in suitableguides c, a reciprocating gate or sash D, in the upper part of which anoblique knife E, is placed. The knife E, works up and down between theinner sides of the rollers C, O, and the aprons B, B, as shown clearlyin Figs. 1 and 3.

F, is a shaft which is placed transversely in the frame A, and is thepower or driving shaft. This shaft F, has a pinion d, at one end of itand also a pulley c. The pinion al, gears into a wheel G, which isplaced on one end of a shaft H, in the frame A. Ihe wheel G, has a camf, attached to its inner side as shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Onthe saine shaft I-I, and adjoining the wheel G, a wheel I, is attached,said: wheel being -toothed on part of its periphery,

and having a hook-shaped cam J, attached to its outer side. This hook isshown clearly in Fig. 3.

The toothed portion of the Wheel I, gears intermittingly into a wheel K,which is at one end of shaft L, of the apron roller a. The wheel K,gears into a pinion g, which gears into the pinion L, of the lower feedroller O, the two feed rollers being connected by gears 7L, as shown inFig. 1.

On the upper part of the frame A, there are placed two longitudinalrollers M, M. These rollers extend about half the length of the frame A,and one of them, the roller M, is covered by a cap N, said cap beingaportion of a hollow cylinder, having one edge nearly in contact withroller M, and the other end projecting upward and over the t-op portionof roller M, see more particularly Fig. 2.

In the frame A, a lever O, is placed, c', being its fulcrum pin as shownclearly in Fig. l. This lever has a sector rack y', at

each end of it. The rack at one end gearlng I into a rack attached tothe back side of the gate or sash D, and the rack at4 the opposite endgearing into a similar rack lc, on a vertical bar Z, to the upper end ofwhich a horizontal plate P, is attached, said plate being in line withthe bite of the rollers M', M.

On the shaft I-I at about its center a wiper' Q, is placed. This wiperaetuates the lever O, and has two arms m, n, one of which m, depressesthe lever at the end near the gate or sash D, the other arm n, elevatingsaid end.l

The wheel I, gears intermittingly into a wheel It, which is placed onone end of a shaft S. said shaft being on the upper part of the frame A,and having two bevel pinions 0, 0, placed on it which pinions gear intocorresponding pinions p, 79, attached to the shafts of the rollers M,L', see Fig. 3.

T, is a liy which is constructed by attaching a series of rods Q, to ashaft r, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, the shaft r,-being allowed to turnfreely in its bearings. On one end of shaft 1, a pinion s, is'placed,into which a rack t, on the upper end of a spring plate u, is placed,said plate having a friction roller o, attached to one side of it, theroller being within the plane of the movement of the cam f, of wheel G.

U, represents a series of endless tapes or carriers Which pass aroundthe vroller M, and a series of-pulleys u, on a shaft gear and parallelwith the shaft 7', of the V, is a receiving box which has twocompartments formed by a central partition a. These compartments haveopen sides and tops, and the box is allowed to turn freely on the upperend of an upright W. To the under side of the receiving box V, two tubesb', b', are attached, one` underneath each compartment. To the lowerends of these tubes a toothed wheel or rim X, is attached. In each tubeb', a rack c, is placed. The upper ends of these racks are attached tothe under sides of plates or boards d', d', which are fitted in thecompartments of the receiving box V, one in each, and allowed tomovefreely up and down therein. In'each rack c', a pinion e, gears. Thesepinions'are placed on shafts f', underneath the box V, said shaftshaving each a spiral spring g', `placed on them and a ratchet h', attheir outer ends. One end of the springs g', are'attached to the shaftsf', and the other to the under side of the rbox V. In each ratchet L, aholding pawl i catches, and also an actuating pawl` j,

vthe latter being attached` to arms-Za', the

upper ends of which are provided' with inclined planes Z, the use ofkwhich will beh presently shown.

Around the pulleyl e, of the shaft F, a,

belt m, passes. This belt also passes around a pulley n', at the innerend of a shaft o',

the outer end of which has a pinion 0", on it and its bearing in avertical plate p', which is attached to a yielding` plate g.

The opera-tion -is as followst-Motion is given the shaft F, in anyproper manner, and as said shaft rotates a reciprocating motion is giventhe knife gate D, and plate P, in consequence of the action .of thewiper Q, on said lever. An intermittent movement is also given 'theendless aprons 1B, B, in consequence of the lwheel I, being smooth onpart of its periphery. For the same reason the rollers M, M', have anintermittent motion. The material to be cut vand folded passes betweenthe rollers C, C, on the endless aprons B, B, and as the gate D,descends at regular intervals the knife E,'cuts the material into piecesof equal lengths. The gate D, and aprons B, B, move alternately andtherefore when the knife E, is raised and stationary the aprons B, movethe piece cut off by the knife E, at its previous descent, underneaththe rollers M, M. The aprons B, B, then stop and the gate D, againdescends and cuts off a succeeding piece and as the gate ascends, therollers M,

M', rotate and draw between them-in a folded state the piece underneaththem, see

a", the plate P, rising as the gate D, de

scends and present-ing the center ofthe piece a, is carried up betweenthe rollers an passes over the roller M', on the tapes l the cap N,effecting such result, and whe the piece ax, is fully extended on thetap t-he fly VT, is actuated by the cam f, sprin plate u, and rack t,and the fly throws tl piece a", on the board d, in the compar ment ofthe box V, that is opposite it. A each cut piece a", is thrown in thecompar' ment by the fiy T, the board cZ, is depresse to a certainextent, a distance equal to th thickness of the stuft1 by means of thecam Q which actuates the arm la', in consequence c its passing behindthe inclined project-ion Z and the rack c', that is att-ached to theboar tZ, is lof course depressed or forced down i its tube b', andretained as it is forced dow; by the pawl z", which catches into theratche t, the spring g', is also wound up at th same time or at eachdownward movemen of the rack c', when the board fZ, reaches th bottom ofits compartment, the compart ment of course will be filled and the racko' will at such time depress the plate g', am thereby throw the piniono", in gear witl the wheel X, and turn the box V, one hal of arevolution so that the empty compart ment will be opposite the fly T,the plate g having a small projection o, on its uppe: surface whichprojection catches into th bottom of the tube b', and retains the box Vthe pinion o", being out of gear from it; wheel. The operator thenremoves the fold ed` pieces from the filled compartment ancl throws upthe retaining pawls v1', y, whicl are connected with the ratchet h', ofsait compartment and the spring g, on the shafi f connected with saidcompartment throw: up the board CZ', so that said compartmem will beready to be again filled in turn. I1 will be seen that by thisarrangementthc pieces are all counted as each box contains a certainnumber of pieces corresponding tc the number of times its board (Z, isde pressed.

This invention it will be seen works automatically throughout. Itrequires no attention exceptthe taking or removing of the folded or cutpieces from the filled compartments of the box V, and the materialoperated on may pass between the rollers C, C, direct from the machinewhere it is manufactured. Having thus described my invention what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The receiving box V, provided with two compartments and fly boardsd', connected with rack c', and with ratchets L, actuated by the arms c,and cam J in connection with the wheel X, and adjustable pinion oxx,substantially' as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Operating the knife gate D, and plate P, by means ofthe lever O,provided with sector racks j, which gear into the racks le, of the gateD, and bar Z, so that the knife and plate will be actuated or made toperform their respective functions alternately 5 as described. j

3. The arrangement of gearing Gr, I, K,

VIR, as shown and described, when used in connection with the lever O,for the purpose ofoperating the several parts automatlcally as and forthe purpose set forth.

, t p JOHN WOOD. Witnesses: n v

WM. TUsoH,

CHS. Lom.

